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- "Ils doivent avoir des livres…
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The translation of this reads "they have to have books," but in a previous exercise in this lesson, I was marked wrong for translating "je dois vous dire" as "I have to talk to you." The correct answer was "I must talk to you." So I expected to see "they must have books" here. Nope!
I don't understand the difference. I'm okay with being wrong (happens a lot), but is a distinction at work that I don't see, or is this an inconsistency that perhaps needs reporting?
arhbaum
558
Then why is avoir used in other exercises for "getting an apple" if it can only mean "have" and not "get"?
Trixieman
101
Should one be able to distinguish between "Il doit" and "Ils doivent" or do they sound the same?